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Home Office Youtube video offers help with right to work checks
Employment lawTo assist in carrying out right to work checks under the new rules in force from 1 July 2021, the Home Office has created a video which can be found on its YouTube channel. What are the essentials of the new rules and is the video worth a look?
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Working mums running out of annual leave
Employment lawAccording to a poll of 36,000 working mums with primary school-aged children, nearly two-thirds don’t have enough childcare to cover the six-week school summer holiday period this year, increasing to three-quarters among single mothers. What are employers' options in being flexible towards them?
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Stamp duty land tax (SDLT) relief in Freeports: first guidance published
Business TaxBudget 2021 included the announcement that several new Freeport sites would be designated, with a number of tax reliefs available to businesses operating within them. For a business looking to move into a Freeport site, the welcome news is that there will be relief from SDLT. HMRC has now published some initial guidance - what do businesses need to know?
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HMRC answers questions on 30-day CGT reporting
Personal TaxEarlier this month, we reported problems that individuals have experienced when trying to offset overpaid capital gains tax (CGT) on property disposals against the self-assessment tax liability. We also reported how to work around the issue. Now, HMRC has answered a number of further questions from the accountancy industry. What new information has come to light?
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Can employers use the furlough scheme for self-isolating staff?
Employment lawWith news of increasing numbers of staff being contacted by NHS Test and Trace or being “pinged” by the NHS COVID-19 app, can employers use the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) for staff who have to self-isolate?
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Managing competing holiday requests
Employment lawAs quarantine will no longer be required for fully vaccinated travellers returning from “amber list” countries to England from July 19, there may be a spike in employee requests for annual leave over the school summer holiday period. How should employers manage these requests?